Politická gramotnosť ako aspekt budovania občianskej spoločnosti v Slovenskej republike

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze political literature in Slovakia. The article highlights first-timevoters. This age category will be discussed due to the high influence offirst-time voters on election results, especially in the parliamentary elections.On the other hand, the great influence of first-time voters on the part of different political parties is an important reason, since the first-timevoters, young people, in the age of 18, still attend secondary schools withwell-defined curriculum. However, the school system does not sufficiently inform young people about various topics, so that first-time voters cannot distinguish true information from populism. This paper does not claim anoverall analysis of political literature in Slovakia. We used content analysis of text, method of description and method of questionnaire. We used the interpretative method. In the analysis of the questionnaires we confirmed the hypothesis and can be understood as confirmed, as young people who currently have unlimited access to information do not use this possibility to gain knowledge and overview of political events in Slovakia, do not try to find objective or truthful information and therefore they can be considered a group with a low level of political literacy.